Indian Council of Medical Research Junior Fellowship (ICMR JRF) Exam

This is an exam you can aim at if you want fellowship for doing PhD or higher studies in life sciences. The exam was conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research. This ICMR JRF fellowship is indented to promote quality research in the field of Medical Sciences in India. This exam is comparatively easier than CSIR UGC JRF exam. Remember, for lectureship eligibility still you have to qualify NET. The number of fellowships all around India is limited to 120 Fellowships would be awarded for work in the field of medical sciences with emphasis on Life Sciences (like microbiology, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, human biology, bioinformatics, biotechnology, biochemistry, biophysics, immunology, Pharmacology, zoology, Environment Science, Botany, veterinary sciences, bio-informatics etc.).. So competition is very high. Another 100 candidates would be selected for consideration for positions of JRF under various research schemes of ICMR (subject to fulfilling the conditions for appointment under the schemes) for the duration of that scheme. These JRFs would also be permitted to complete Ph.D. while working in the scheme, if enrolled. The validity of result will be two years for placement in ICMR funded projects.

If you qualify
this exam, you will be getting a fellowship amount as similar as CSIR/UGC-JRF
16000/- for the first two years.The annual contingency grant up to Rs. 20,000/- per annum. You have to submit the progress report every
year. At the end of second year, You have to conduct a JRF assessment and send
the report to ICMR for considering you as Senior research Fellow (SRF amt:18000/-).

You should
prepare a synopsis preferably with a medical background for availing the fellowship
once you qualified. After your Post
graduation, you will be getting a good amount as fellowship and can purse your
PhD degree in reputed institutes in India. Mean time you can appear for UGC-NET
for lectureship eligibility. For 4 years, you are safe as you are getting
fellowship amount.

Exam Notification:March/April

Exam Month: July

Syllabus: same as CSIR-UGC-NET-JRF

The syllabus is
primarily focused on medical science. So for ICMR, you should concentrate more
on medical aspects of biology.Exam &Question
pattern:

This exam is
very easy compared to CSIR UGC NET JRF Exam. Even if you prepare for CSIR UGC
NET JRF exam, my suggestion is you should appear this exam also.

c). Km of any enzymatic reaction describes:
1. Reaction velocity expressed as mols per second
2. Dissociation constant of E-S complex
3. Amount of the enzyme required to convert half of the substrate to E-S complex
4. Substrate concentration to achieve half of Vmax

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How to prepare?

As I mentioned
unlike CSIR-UGC-JRF-NET exam this exam is more concentrated on assessing your
knowledge in medical aspects of biology. So focus your studies particularly in
this area. Work out previous question papers.